Have Faith
Mt 17:20 And Jesus said to them, "Because of your unbelief. For truly I say to you, If you have faith like a grain of mustard seed, you shall say to this mountain, Move from here to there. And it shall move. And nothing shall be impossible to you."
Mt 21:21 Jesus answered and said to them, "Truly I say to you, If you have faith and do not doubt, you shall not only do this miracle of the fig tree, but also; if you shall say to this mountain, Be moved and be thrown into the sea; it shall be done."
Luke 17:5 And the apostles said to the Lord, "Give us more faith."
And the Lord said, "If you had faith as a grain of mustard seed, you might say to this sycamine tree, 'Be rooted up and be planted in the sea! And it would obey you.'"
The last verses remind us of the fig tree that Jesus commanded to die then live again. He always overlapped his metaphors and actions, demonstrating what he meant as he walked with his disciples. If we pay attention, he does that in our lives.
My problem is often that I realize what he was teaching me days, weeks, even years later and lose the immediate value to be garnered.
Watch the fig and sycamine trees in your life. All the exteriors are testing our faith.
